Choosing a heated towel rail for the bathroom
There are three types of heated towel rails:
- Water. It can be connected both to hot water supply, which is provided all year round, or to a heating main, which is active only in winter.
- Electric. Plugs into an outlet and works without water.
- Combination of the two previous types. It can be heated by water, but when it is not available, it is enough to plug it into a power outlet.
Water heated towel rail
The problem when choosing a heated towel rail is its operating pressure.
Normally, in the pipes of an apartment building there should be a pressure of up to 6 atmospheres. But in practice, the pressure can drop to 3.5 atm or rise to 10 atm. Thus there is a risk that the equipment will leak.
To avoid this, you need to either install a better heated towel rail, or use a water pressure reducer, and put it at the entrance to heated towel rail.
If you live in a private house, the pressure in the pipes does not consistently exceed 3 atmospheres, and you can install any heated towel rail without a twinge of conscience.
Towel dryer materials
The most common and durable option is stainless steel.
The second question is what to cover?
Chrome plating is better. It is much prettier and more durable than cheap paint.
The black steel towel warmer looks nice, but is prone to corrosion. Therefore, it is better to use it in private homes, where the quality of water in pipes is much better.
Non-ferrous metals do their job very well. Copper, for example, is not afraid of corrosion. Such a heated towel rail will last for decades. But he is very expensive.
There are also options for heated towel rails made of stone and glass. The stone retains heat for a long time, and the glass gives it away perfectly.
But the latter option is best used in a private house, where the pressure is low enough and will not damage the integrity of the glass.
Electric dryer
It has the advantage that it is independent of the presence of warm or cold water, which is often turned off. Although it remains dependent on the mains.
It is better to think over its installation so that water does not get on the wires in any way.
And when choosing an electric dryer, you need to pay attention to the consumption
And you can take it with high power, so that the heated towel rail acts as a heater in the bathroom. The best option would be an electric dryer with a choice of modes.
In addition, there are electric dryers with a timer! You can set the time at which it will automatically turn on and preheat your bathrobe and towels.
Towel dryer power
If you use a heated towel rail as a heater, the arithmetic is simple: 140 watts per square meter or 56 watts per cubic meter.
For example, if your bathroom has a footage of about 3.5 square meters, the heated towel rail should be 490 watts.
Towel dryer design
You can use the standard snake pattern. But lately, more and more design solutions have appeared.
The most common design solution is a ladder. After all, in this way you can conveniently hang your things so that they dry along the entire length.
Dimensions of the bathroom towel warmer standard on the market
Despite the fact that the modern market for heated towel rails is a variety of models of devices, different in shape, connection sizes, dimensions and connection schemes, it is very important to purchase exactly the device that will match the parameters of the existing bathroom and heating system. Standardization of equipment lines of all manufacturers not only facilitates the installation of devices during replacement, repair, etc., but also optimizes the owner's costs for the purchase of additional elements of the piping system
Like all heating equipment, heated towel rails have standard overall and connecting dimensions. Almost all engineering networks for heating and water supply in apartment buildings are designed and installed in accordance with standard accepted norms and rules.
Connecting dimensions and shape of heated towel rails
The ideal connection size is one that fully matches the diameters of the supply and return outlets of the pipelines of the existing heating system. The choice of the necessary device in accordance with this parameter will not only facilitate the installation of the device, but also save money on the purchase of additional adapters or adapters.
Model range of heated towel rails of various sizes
With the individual construction of a new house, pipelines can be brought out in advance under the desired heated towel rail. The limited choice of devices is typical for owners of secondary housing in an apartment building. Although with the development of new technologies with certain financial injections and labor costs, this problem is completely solvable.
The dimensions of towel warmers depend mainly on their shape. Since Soviet times, the most common devices are in the form of a coil. Therefore, these devices are manufactured in accordance with generally accepted connection standards. At the same time, heated towel rails in the form of a ladder and a foxtrot are also actively used.
On the modern market, water models of bathroom heating devices have the following connecting dimensions:
A drawing of a heated towel rail with an indication of the dimensions of each element
For example, for a pipeline with a 1 '' connection, the nominal diameter will be ¾ ''.
At the same time, these two sizes should be clearly distinguished so as not to encounter the acquisition of heating equipment that is not suitable for real conditions.
Attention! According to the general accepted system, all pipeline diameters are measured in inches. External thread ¾ ’’ is typical for such forms of heated towel rails as “Ladder” and “Foxtrot”, 1 ”for U-shaped and M-shaped coils, 1 ½ ’’ for Foxtrot and U-shaped coils
External size 1 ¼’’ with nominal bore 1’’ is available in all lines of heated towel rails of various shapes
External thread ¾ ’’ is typical for such forms of heated towel rails as “Ladder” and “Foxtrot”, 1 ”for U-shaped and M-shaped coils, 1 ½” for Foxtrot and U-shaped coils. Outer size 1 ¼’’ with nominal bore 1’’ is available in all lines of heated towel rails of various shapes.
dimensions
The overall dimensions of household heating devices for the bathroom depend on the parameters of the room where they will be installed.
At the same time, there is a special scale for the dependence of these sizes of heated towel rails on the heating area of \u200b\u200bthe room. For a standard bathroom with an area of 4.5-5 m2, a device with dimensions of 500 × 500 mm corresponds.
At the same time, the overall dimensions of the heating devices affect the amount of laundry that can be placed for drying.
The overall dimensions of the heated towel rail affect, first of all, the amount of laundry that can be hung on it.
Wiring diagram for heated towel rails
To date, due to the peculiarities of heating systems, heated towel rails with side connection remain the most common type of device. At the same time, modern types of devices have such connection schemes as upper, lower and diagonal.
Attention! When repairing a room with the installation of heating devices, the center distance of the outgoing pipelines of the heating system should be taken into account. When building new houses, inserting a heated towel rail into the system depends only on the imagination of the owner, as well as on the already purchased model of the device.
Based on the foregoing, it follows that the study of standard sizes, shapes, dimensions and connection schemes for heated towel rails affects the correct choice of the required heating device when purchasing it.
